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The Civic Players of Minneapolis were a community theater group that organized in March 1918. Their stated purpose was "to develop the drama on a broad, democratic basis and to make Minneapolis not so much a city of theaters as a community with a playhouse." In 1919, in the wake of WWI, they performed a historical pageant entitled "Swords and Plowshares" on the steps of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. The pageant was intended to theatrically illustrate history's greatest wars and to point out the "indisputable fact ... that the ideal of Democracy has been steadily struggling upward through the years of violence and stress." To highlight the success of democracy and civilization at the local level the players included the names and images of notable Minneapolis institutions, landmarks, and businesses in the front and back of their playbill. The playbill provides insight into what the people of early twentieth-century Minneapolis perceived to be their city's finest qualities and is a record of the city's most important buildings and businesses following World War I.

Schubert Theatre program listing events on September 18, 22, 23, 24, and 25, 1910: "The City," a play by Clyde Fitche, and "Lulu's Husbands," with Mabel Barrison and Harry Conor, and the original New York cast; musical program: director John P. Rossiter, "Spirit of Peace" by Edwin Franko Goldman; "Madame Sherry" by Karl Hoschna; "L'Affinite" by Roberts; "Fireflies" by Paul Lincke; "Iman" by Mann. Also advertisements, with drawings or photographs, coming attractions, and a list of theatrical stars appearing.

Schubert Theatre program listing events on September 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15, 1910: "The Lottery Man," a comedy in three acts by Rida Johnson Young, and "The Blue Mouse," a farce by Clyde Fitche; musical program: director John P. Rossiter, "Spirit of Peace" by Edwin Franko Goldman; "Madame Sherry" by Karl Hoschna; "L'Affinite" by Roberts; "Fireflies" by Paul Lincke; "Iman" by Mann. Also advertisements, with drawings or photographs, coming attractions, and a list of theatrical stars appearing.

Schubert Theatre program listing events the week of September 3, 1911: "Alias Jimmy Valentine" after O. Henry's short story "A Retrieved Reformation." Also advertisements, with drawings or photographs.

Schubert Theatre program listing events the week of October 9, 1910: "A Matinee Idol" a song comedy by De Wolf Hopper with Louise Dresser, and "The World and His Wife" by Charles Frederic Nirdlinger; musical program: prelude "World and His Wife" by William Furst; "La Seenade" (Waltz Espagnole) by O. Metra; "La Media Noche" by J. Aviles; "From Foreign Lands" by M. Moszkowski; "Habanera" by J. Roberts; two Spanish Dances "Valse" and "Bolaro" by M. Moszkowski. Also advertisements, with drawings or photographs, coming attractions, and a list of theatrical stars appearing.

Schubert Theatre program listing events the week of October 19, 1911: "The Talk of the Town" a musical melange in three acts for the benefit of The Sheltering Arms Orphanage, starring famous actor Donald MacDonald (with photo), with prologue, song list, and entr'acte music by Pavane Recamier. Also advertisements, with drawings or photographs, and coming attractions.

Schubert Theatre program listing events on November 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17, 1910: "Billy," a farce in three acts by George Cameron, and "The Whirlwind," by Henri Bernstein; musical program: "Stradella" by F. von Flotow; Berceuse from "Joselyn" by Benjamin Godard; Aria from "Samson and Delilah" by Camille Saint-Saens; "Chauson sans Paroles" by Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowsky. Also advertisements, with drawings or photographs, coming attractions, and a list of theatrical stars appearing.

Schubert Theatre program listing events the week of November 20, 1910: "Baby Mine" a farce by Margaret Mayo; excerpt from the New York Times article on false paternity that suggested the performance: "Chicago Health Officer Says Many Women Pretend Children are Their Own"; musical program: "Baby Mine" march; selection from "The Chocolate Soldier"; Intermezzo "Reine Valse" by Phil Schwartz; Slavic Dance No. 10 by Anton Dvorak. Also advertisements, with drawings or photographs, coming attractions, and a list of theatrical stars appearing.

Schubert Theatre program listing events on March 17-18, 1911: "The Twig of Thorn" a play by Marie J. Warren, presented by the College Women's Club, and "The Servant in the House" presented by School of Acting, Northwestern Conservatory. Also advertisement, with drawing.

Schubert Theatre program listing events the week of January 15, 1911: "The Bohemian Girl" staged by Edward P. Temple, music by Michael Balfe. Also advertisements, with drawings or photographs, coming attractions, and a list of theatrical stars appearing.

Schubert Theatre program listing events the week of December 25, 1910: "The Jolly Bachelors," a musical spectacle in two acts by Glen MacDonough (words) and Raymond Hubbell (tunes); musical program: . Also advertisements, with drawings or photographs, coming attractions, and a list of theatrical stars appearing.

Schubert Theatre program listing events the week of April 30, 1911: The Route, "Lyman H. Howe's Travel Festival" vignettes from around the world. Also advertisements, with a drawing, and coming attractions.

Schubert Theatre program listing events the week of November 6, 1911: "Rebellion" a play in four acts by Joseph Medill Patterson, starring famous actor Gertrude Elliott. Also advertisements, with drawings or photographs.

Schubert Theatre program listing events the week of November 3, 1912: "The Mikado," "The Pirates of Penzance," "H.M.S. Pinafore," and "Patience" by Sir W.S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan. Also advertisements, with drawings or photographs.

Schubert Theatre program listing events the weeks of January 14, 1912 and January 21, 1912: "The Pink Lady" an adaption from Le Satyre by Georges Berr and Marcel Guillemand, "A Night Out" by May Robson and T.C. Dazey, and "The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary." Also advertisements, with drawings or photographs. Incomplete program.